Local businessman gets probation on drug charge

LISBON — Peter M. Lynch, 53, co-owner of the coffee shops, Friends Roastery in Salem and Friends Specialty in Youngstown, has been sentenced to four years’ probation and fined $5,000 on a drug-possession charge.

The sentence was imposed today by Judge Scott A. Washam of Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.

Lynch had pleaded guilty as charged at the third degree felony level in August.

The Columbiana County Drug Task Force said it executed a search warrant on Oct. 1, 2013, at Lynch’s Summit Street home in Salem and found about 5 pounds of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a pistol in the home and garage after a yearlong investigation.

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